Urban Indy » Archive for July 2011
Shelby Street sidewalk “fix”
Well, “the fix is in” as the popular saying goes. As previously reported here on Urban Indy, and in what caused a huge stink, a utility pole planted directly in the middle of a new sidewalk seemed like a huge missed opportunity to improve a stretch of Shelby Street that is currently being subjected to the construction of Indianapolis’ first on street cycle track. A reader had sent along photos of the offending utility pole … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bicycling, Featured, Pedestrian, Transit
First design views of the Broad Ripple Parking Garage
Last week, a presentation was held at the Indianapolis Art Center in Broad Ripple. At the meeting, the winning team displayed their first pass of the design of the garage. I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a copy of the .pdf (click here to open). I have included a couple of screen shots here to show the visually appealing aspects of the garage. Reading through the summary, I get the impression that … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Neighborhoods
IURC approves water lease; $425m for infrastructure
On July 13th, 2011, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved the lease of the water utility to Citizen’s Energy. While this has been debated vigorously over the past year and a half locally, what it means is that when it goes through, over $425 million will become available to put towards Rebuild Indy; a program that I have given praise to as well as been highly critical of. The crux of why I have been critical, … Read entire article »
100 Years, 100 Parks
My wife has embarked on the 100 years, 100 parks challenge, which is a similar to a city-wide scavenger hunt. The great thing about this challenge is it enables us to travel to areas of the city which we are unfamiliar with. Last night, we had to answer a question at Clayton & LaSalle Park, located in the Twin Aire neighborhood (props to the naplab map displayed on my office wall). Neither of us had … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Neighborhoods
Shelby Street Bike Track – Update 1
Alright folks, here is your first photo update from me regarding the Shelby Street bike track. Along with IndyCog, we seem to be the only people really charting the progress of this project. I find that amazing since I believe this project will change the way local cyclists think about future bicycle infrastructure. I’ve appluaded the project (here) and also beaten up DPW over the project (here). This post, is the first in what I … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bicycling, Featured, Pedestrian
DPW still building sidewalks with poles in them
Last week I blogged about a tremendous project taking place on the south side of Indianapolis. That project of course is the Shelby Street bike track. However, I received an email with three pictures from an Urban Indy reader that showed how someone is already screwing up this project. You can see that a familiar theme is rearing it’s ugly head once again in the shape of old utility poles being disregarded as new concrete is … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bicycling, Featured, Pedestrian
Developer Town
This past week, a new venture known as Developer Town launched an Innovation Showcase in a vacant property at 53rd and Winthrop Avenue. The event was co-hosted by a group known as Verge. I’ve long wondered if there was any hope of revitalizing these defunct buildings, which were previously served by the Monon Railroad. Developer Town is intended to be a Tech Start-up incubator, giving similarly minded people a public forum for bouncing ideas off … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Neighborhoods
Where should a DT Transit Center be located?
According to the IndyGo Comprehensive Operational Analysis that was covered in depth by Kevin, a downtown transit center should be used to try and organize all of the routes that converge on downtown Indianapolis. Per the report, a robust savings in operational cost could be gained while preserving on street traffic versus the current location’s most congested point along Ohio Street; at the same time increasing the amount of time buses can wait on layover waiting on … Read entire article »
Could Central Fishers go the way of Dead Malls?
The intersection of 116th and Allisonville serves as an icon of Hamilton County’s suburban boom. I recently visited the area, and concluded that unless it undergoes an aggressive transformation, it could easily become a strip version of the next dead mall. Here’s a view of the built environment in this area. Fishers Station is to the right, Fishers Crossing is to the left: Compare this with a struggling area in Indianapolis, the intersection of Lafayette and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Neighborhoods
Goodbye Indianapolis – I’ll Miss You / Don’t Call Me, I’ll Call You
If you have ever read my blog urbanOut and followed the ‘Walking the Walk’ series about being car-free in Indy, you know that my walking habits rarely veered away from a few key streets in Downtown. For two years this was the life I lived, with no real desire to wander off course. But since June of this year, all that changed when my life took a significant detour off my normal walking routes and landed me … Read entire article »
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